John Nickerson

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 1774, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia

John married Dorothy James "Dolly" Burke about 6 May 1786. Dorothy (daughter of Edward Burke and Nora James) was born about 1770 in Bellyshannon, Donegal, Ireland; died about 1867 in Clark's Harbour, Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Abt 1876

Notes:

The Nickerson Family volume 4 (citation details below) says that his wife was "Elizabeth Dobbin, born Nova Scotia, called Betsey, of Port la Tour, probably daughter of William and _____ (_____) Dobbin", citing (among other sources) the History of Barrington Township (citation details below), p. 533. But all that page 533 says is that Knowles Nickerson, son of John Nickerson who "m. Dorothy James of Ireland", married a woman named Elizabeth. Whereas page 586 of the same work clearly says that Elizabeth Swain, daughter of Daniel Swain and Ann Taylor, married Knowles Nickerson.

Knowles married Elizabeth Swain on 14 Sep 1826. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 3 Jun 1801, Woods Harbour, Shelburne, Nova Scotia
• Alternate death: 7 Feb 1895, Clark's Harbour, Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia

Judah married Elizabeth Smith on 6 May 1824. Elizabeth (daughter of James Smith and Tabitha Kendrick) was born on 27 Jun 1809 in Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia; died on 10 Apr 1887 in Clark's Harbour, Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Sep 1839, Nova Scotia
• Alternate birth: 1840

Cyrus married Martha A. Newell in 1867. Martha (daughter of Zephaniah H. Newell and Asenath Smith) died before 20 Sep 1887. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Ted C. D'Eon (citation details below) calls him a Gx8-grandson of the immigrant William Nickerson.

Ephraim married Mathilda Smith on 3 Jan 1855. Mathilda (daughter of Reuben Smith and Deborah Covell) was born on 28 May 1834 in Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia; died on 28 Apr 1891 in Cape Sable Island, Shelburne, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1869, Nova Scotia

Notes:

"CLARK'S HARBOR, June 22 - The funeral of Zephaniah Nickerson, whose death occurred recently at East Boston, was held at the home of his sister, Mrs. Whitfield Blades on Sunday afternoon, Rev. Maxwell Balsor officated. The late Mr. Nickerson, who was 68 years old was one of Clark's Harbor's most respected citizens. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, two daughters, Mrs. Frank MacCaulay of Boston, and Mrs. William Symonds of Clark's Harbor and two sons, Whitfield and Ivan of East Boston. One sister, Mrs. Blades resides here, and one brother, Samuel in Boston." [The Halifax Chronicle, 23 Jun 1936]

Zepheniah married Mary Elizabeth Crowell on 19 Sep 1898 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of John Samuel Crowell and Eliza Jane Bangay) was born on 15 Apr 1877 in West Head, Lockeport, Shelburne, Nova Scotia; died on 21 Nov 1952 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was buried in Clark's Harbour, Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Arrived in the US from Clark's Harbour, Nova Scotia, in Feb 1924, proceeding to Medford, Massachusetts. Said to have died Oct 1953 in Somerville.

Alfred married Ella Seretha McComiskey in 1903 in Shelburne, Nova Scotia. Ella (daughter of James McComiskey and Christiana Wilson) was born in 1869 in Nova Scotia; died on 9 Jan 1947 in Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]